Cenozoic stratigraphic development in the north Chilean forearc: Implications for basin development and uplift history of the Central Andean margin

Tectonophysics

Volumn 495, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 67-77

  Hartley, Adrian J ^a   Evenstar, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Andean uplift; Andes; Basin; Chile; Chronostratigraphy; Forearc

Indexed keywords

ANDEAN UPLIFT; ANDES; BASIN; CHILE; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; FOREARC;

CATCHMENTS; DISEASES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; TIME MEASUREMENT; VOLCANOES;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

AGGRADATION; ANDEAN OROGENY; BASIN EVOLUTION; CENOZOIC; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; FOREARC BASIN; FORELAND BASIN; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; SEDIMENTATION; UPLIFT;

ANTOFAGASTA; CHILE; SALAR DE ATACAMA BASIN;

EID: 77957569918     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.05.013     Document Type: Article

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